September 2007 Archive

Wall Street Journal: Richard Hollinger

Richard Hollinger, a criminology professor, was quoted in a Sept. 20 Wall Street Journal column by an editor who was detained by Kmart security personnel after she placed a pair of flip-flops in the wrong box and paid less for them. The Journal is a paid subscription so no link is available.

Filed under UF In The News on Thursday, September 20, 2007.

Biologists close in on mystery of sea turtles’ ‘lost years’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Biologists have found a major clue in a 50-year-old mystery about what happens to green sea turtles after they crawl out of their sandy nests and vanish into the surf, only to reappear several years later relatively close to shore.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Thursday, September 20, 2007.

Research Report: Robot Car

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You won’t have to worry about this car’s driver being distracted by a cell phone or a song on the radio. It doesn’t have a driver. The Navigator, as named by the University of Florida engineers who built it, pilots itself.

Filed under Audio on Wednesday, September 19, 2007.

Robot Car

You won’t have to worry about this car’s driver being distracted by a cell phone or a song on the radio. It doesn’t have a driver. The Navigator, as named by the University of Florida engineers who built it, pilots itself.

Filed under Video on Wednesday, September 19, 2007.

Machen Comments on Student Arrest

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UF President Bernie Machen met the media Tuesday to answer questions about the incident Monday where a student was arrested at a speech by U.S. Senator John Kerry.

Filed under Audio on Tuesday, September 18, 2007.

Wall Street Journal: MBA ranking

The University of Florida’s listing among the top 10 of MBA programs in Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive regional rankings was cited in a Sept. 17 Wall Street Journal article. The Journal is a paid subscription so no link is available.

Filed under UF In The News on Monday, September 17, 2007.

Update: Weekly

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This is University Update Weekly, your source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 17th.

Filed under Audio on Monday, September 17, 2007.

UF becomes first university in U.S. to establish EU-funded Jean Monnet Centre

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has become the first American institution to receive funding from the European Union to establish a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on campus.

Filed under Education, Announcements on Wednesday, September 12, 2007.

Research Report: Inland Rainfall

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The coastline gets the attention when a hurricane’s headed for land, but University of Florida researchers are learning how to better predict where hurricanes will dump the most rain days and hundreds of miles after they come on shore.

Filed under Audio on Wednesday, September 12, 2007.

Inland Rainfall

The coastline gets the attention when a hurricane’s headed for land, but University of Florida researchers are learning how to better predict where hurricanes will dump the most rain days and hundreds of miles after they come on shore.

Filed under Video on Wednesday, September 12, 2007.